The Sun. — London, England, 1810-10-05 00:00:00

Alzt i I.S. Alia IV ma —1 LiShOrt, I Waterford. Dus—t Waterford. . . PRI( ti 3 OF STOCKS i THIS DAY Ar . ywitr.va O'CLOCK. C o nsols .. . i. ... 66.1 k , Ogtitiorti ... .. -.. , t L SOLLM QUIS ructas FAI.SUM AUDLAT? L .() IVDUIV, 7RIDAY,. OCTOBER B•',' 1810. The latest advices frani Portugal inform us, that on the 24th ult. the bead-quarters of Lord NVCr. I.iNoTop's army. were ,at Burzaco, and the army were occupying a strong Position on the Sierra de . acid that of Menulia. Gene fa 1 SPEN,CER Lai moved with 10,000 men n 111ealhada, to maintain the communication ith the N.)rtli, 'He was supported by the ads ance of *General Tmir's on Sardao.' At this ti me the advanced guarciof the enemy was, we understand, south of the Cris, and MASSENA'S whole army was concentrated , tretween that river and Ton delta . A Portuguese brigade be i haved, we are told, iu the ino.t distinguished wanner, in an action which the Marquis 11.0atANs has had with the Enemy near Fuente del Maestre. Our Letters from gpaitv mention that the in4efa tigable-General O'DoNNatt is still harassing the rear and flanks of the French under gacpoNar4, near Villa , Franca, hr Catalonia, and in the skirmishes he bad with these they have Just between ; and 300 men. MIACDONALD's communication with Barre. lona and the rest of the Province bad been cot off: The desv.rtions fi on) the French army contipued likewise to a very great degree, and they surer in all parts of the country (torn the a&ivity of the Guerrillas. . The retrograde movement of SEBASTIAN! towards Grenada has rai-ed the spirits of the inhabitants of Murcia to such a degree, that they have granted ' ',lost liberal supplies of all kinds to their armed countrymen under General BLASE. The Marquis ROMANA has advanced his posts as far as Ronquillo, within five leagues of Seville. New York papers to the 18th ult. were received this day, bin they contain nothing interesting. We this morning received Portuguese Papers, from which we have made . some extracts, but they are of an old date: It appears from Lord WELLING• TON'S letter to the Portuguese Government, respeet ' ing the surrender of Ahneida, that that event was wholly unexpeeted by him, as, from the strength of the place, and the number of the garrison, , his Lordship looked for a protraaed resistance. We. have not thought it necessary to extra& the letter, as h.is nearly the same as that which appeared in the Gazette of the 18th ult. We yesterday madeasome observations on an ar ticle which appeared in a Morning Paper of Wed nesday—an article written with great ability, and with great knowledge of the subjea. The extra& which we made yesterday, tended completely to • justify the Expedition to the Scheldt, by shewing at once the importance of the objea, arid the per fea praaicability of its _execution. We prediaeds some time ago, that when the clamour which was artfully raised had subsided, and when men began to consult their reason, instead of being governed by passion, or influenced by party prejudice, that the :11- justice of the•irive&ives which were so liberally poured forth against big ILl.ljocry% Minictere wool(' he ap parent. We are glad to find that the excellent article to which we are alkding, also does ample justice to the character and condu& of Lord WEL LINGTON, The Public cannot having forgotten that immediately after the battle of Talavera, the Moni teur was outrageous in its invectives against Lord WELLING TON,and that, to t he eternal disgrace of this Country, those invectives were re-:Ochoed with the greatest eagerness in England by• the Opposition writers and speakers, against that gallant, suc cessful, and absent Officer. Let us now see what is the opinion of the writer of the article in question respecting this " rash and imprudent General," as he has been termed. " At the period of the battle of Talavera", says the Ar ticle, " the French would have been forced to retire beyond the Pyrennees, if Lord WELLINGTON had been entrusted with the direaion of the whole dis posable force in the Peninsula : such was then the opinion of the whole French army." We believe it IYiIS, and therefore we can easily account for Buo, NAPARTES animosity againit that Noble Lord ; bet how his services and successes should have exposed him to the rancorous.nialignity of any party iii .this Country, we are unable to explain, Arrived at Windsor on Wednesday, Sir H. HAL VIVO; Whefe be remains with the. Princes. Wh() still remains in a very alarming state. , The Prince pf.WALES.' Did:es of Yottx at4CAM- B4IVGE, visited PtiliCeSS A=LIA as WWI as they ar rived in Windsor. . His ManoTt, the Dukes of YORK and CAM ZIII,DGE, AUGUSTA SIJiHI A look an airing in, Windsor Great Park.; till iuei e octock. - The RoYal Party were accompanied by - LotO . IIOI.LE and WAL.INGUNIki, General FiTzRO, Colonels' TaYtoß and DEsnitow, aid Lady ELY. _ _ •We regret to say, that-for seVeral days past,Prin- , cess AMELIA has been so trenttly ill, that her life has been Jespaired' of. The Dukes of YOltt:au ,CA SIB RIDGE, who were with a . shooting pariy in Nortolk, were sent for on Tuesday,. and they ar• rived in . town on Wednesday night. tye,terday morning, abput seven . o'clock, - their Royaf .nesses.left town for Windsor. Tlle. Dukepf'KE - tqr left Castlebar-hill about the satin time, fur :son The Prince of WALES set off from cailtrxi house about nine let:et was bronglit to town for the Duke of CumaiaLiNn, by the Mei sengerwho_had been to'W incisor eaily,in the rdOrtt 7. , lug with dispatches from Alinisteis to the KING, about one o'clock, in consequence .of which his Royal Highriess ordered his carriage, and set off for Windsor. He called at Kew . ' in his "a y . At one o'clock yesterday, the Prince of WALES left their. MAJESTIES for, Augusta ,Lodge, w ere he remained an bout* with Princess AMELIA, and at two o'clock set. off tor Lilndon. - , • The-Princess CHARLOTTE of WALES arrived at her • house iu Warwick -street, from Bognor, on Sl* . turday. Arrived yesterday morning at, Windsor,, the Prince of WALES, and the Dk.tkes of YORK and CAMSE MOE. Toe 'Dispatches received yesterday. from Lard WELLINGTON were deemed of such importance, that the. Messengers BASSaTT and Datsikt.s were slsortly after sent off will) Dispatches, ,the former for Co runna, the latter for Mondego Bay, on the banks of which his Lordship has taken a strong position: A letter from Malta, of the date of August 25, states, that LVCIEN,BUONAPAHTE anti his family were for the present lodged in .FOrt Ricasoli, but that it was understood they would be accommodated in a few days at the Governot's Palace in the coun try. A captain's guard was daily mounted at that part of the Fort which they inhabittA. The Ame rican vessel in which they had taken their passage is called the Hercules ; she came into Malta with La Pomone. LIYCIEN BIYONAPARTE left Rome about the be ginning of August, with his wile, chil teen, and se veral relations; embatted at Civita VeCchia, and had a quick passage from thence to Sardinia first, and af terwards to Malta: Front the list of names sent into the Treasury of persons proper and competent to iiiVestigateL the affairs of the late Mr. ABRAHAM GOLDSMID, the fol lowing have been selected by the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER, ViZ. ALEXANDER BANING..--THO. BIAS BAINBRIDGE, GEORGE 'YARD, and JOSEPH I)ENNISON, ESCVS. . The ilu,badoes Mercury of 15:h of August states, that on the -preceding day, Governor Sir GEORGE BECKWITH, K.B. went in stale from the King's House, on Coustitution Hill, to the Town Hal,. where his Excellency opened the first Session of the Parliament, under h:s Administration. It has been said, that in consequence of the order is May last to blockade Elsineur, some interruption has been given to the passage of the ,Sound by our cruizers in that citiarter. It is,uutlerstood, however, to be the intention of Government strictly to confine that blockade to Elsineur, and that vessels bound up or down the Sound are not to be affeeled by ii, un less it appears by their papers that they are bound to Elsineur. The following extraordinary instance of absti nence has recently occurred at Chelmsford, in Es sex. On the 4th of September last, a man, named James Jacfson, was committed to - the House of Correction at that place as a vagrant : for thefirst five days after his commitment, he was not ob served to cake. any sustenance whatever, or once to open his eyes; on the Gth day, however, he walk ed in the prison yard and drank plentifully of water at the pump, and continued to do so tin the't 7th day, but constantly refused to take - any food what- - ever; and from the 17th day of his confinement to the time of his death, which happened on Tue,day last, be even discontinued to take the water. Tbe constable in whose custody he was for three days previous to his being committed to the Home of Correction, states, that during dy time he .took nothing except one pint of beer, so that it appears, (hat from the ist of September to the ed at Octo ber, he took no other nourishment than one pint of beer; except water, of which, it is staled, he drank plentifully during twelve days of the time in which he was in the House of Corre&ion. On Wednesday ev:ming, about eight o'clock, as a Gentleman, in company with two Ladies, were passing near ASTLEY'S Theatre in a gig, the off-shalt came in contact with a coach, and was brOke,w Inch caused the horse to take fright and run away : one of the ladies was thrown out at the instant, and s'ety• much bruised; she was taken into a house near the spot, and a Surgeon sent tor; the Jiorse proceeded across the bridge with . the other lady and gentleman in the chaise, until he came in contact with an apple stall, when titre 'Chaise was :Over turned, and the occupiers much hurt by the tall, as, well as the poor woman who kept the The horse was not stopped till he got to Spring Gardens. A man of the name of Lant, and his wife, have been taken into custody at the instance of the Bank of England, for making and vending forged notes.— The offence was committed at Ludlow, in Shrop shire, where several fabricated notes were discovered in circulation. The implements or making, were found on the prisoners, and they have been commit , ted to Ludlow. sarcasm.. After • that • interview they never., saw each other. ,Lucien having expressed his disappro- Vation ot the moriler"Of the Duke D'Eughien, and of the conduct of his brother towards General IVlu lean, he received an order. from Regnier, the Grant' Judge, then Minister of -P 4 ice, to quit Paris in 24 Lours, ',and France.in eight days, and to take all his fart) with him ! • • PORTUGUESE PAPERS. • Lissos, SEPT. 6.—The Government has publish ed a notice relat , ve to the disaster of Alrneid.a, which, though much to . be. lamented, is not to be considered as of essential importance to the great cause of the 'safety of the country. The same no tice promises to the families -of those who fell in the siege of Almeida, the same pay - which their husbands, fathers, and brothers received, when alive -and en-. ghged in the service of their country. lii consequenCe Of the part . aided by the Marquis ALORNA at the surrender of Afmeida, in endeaVour ing' to Oduce the Portuguese soldiers into the service' of France, and distributing among them disloyal Proelatrations, .the Governor has declared the said M irquis a traitor, deprived of all his titles, honours, !Ind dignities. 'He is to be considr.red as banished any person may kill him with, impunity, and 'a re ward of a 1000 mdidores is offered to whoever may take him dead or aliVe. BADAJoz, AUG: 31.—They write from Zatia, of the date of the'29th inst. that the vanguard of our alaiyhas just set out for Llereua. It appears that the head-quarters; and . the Portuguese cavalry are c.xpected there. ' CADIZ, AUG. 30.—The Marquis ROMANA,GCDC= ral in Chief of the . Army of the left, under date from the head-quaiters at Salvatierra, of the 15th of this month, acquaints the Minister of War that on the sth he marched from Badajoz in the dire&ion of Olivenza, and successively to Bacancta,. Salvation, and Salvatierra, where he fund the divisions of Ge neral BALLESTEROS and LA CARRERA, under the or ders of General MENDIZABAI.... On the 9th, knowing in Salviitierra, that on the preceding day the enemy evacuated Zafra, he imme diately marched to Zafra, ordering Generals LACAN ARA, and BALLESTRAOS, with the whole of the ca valry; and some infantry to reconnoitre Llerees. As our troops were executing these movements on • the t Ith, they met the enemy on the heights of Villagarcia, who also occupied these of Con ! .. tallyho, separated from the first by a valley in hich their .artillery was placed. The Guerrillas kept up their fire till the enemy had formed his attack on our left, when having• executed the re contioiqing ordered by the General, .they effect ed their retreat covered by the cavalry. The Marquis ROMANA is not able to give the de tails' of this anion, not having.received the par ticulars' from the Gerrerali; but , many atiS of individual valour were performed. The artillem be haved in' that distinguished- manner which tigially charaaerizei that corps ; the cavalry covered them selves with glory, and in general the. troops, Offi cers, and Generals, fulfilled their duty. • The loss of the enemy in killed and woentita has been "beyond comparison greater than ours. We took 40 prisoners, and on our side lost some in con sequence of extreme weariness ind the heat of the day. Our flying battery, composed of two cannons and a howitzer, was opposed by.double their num bers, and dismounted one of our guns; which it was requisite to abandon, after spiking it. The same day Gen. ,BUTRON, with the cavalry under his command, joined, and the Portuguese brigade of the same de scription, under General MADDEN, who Lord 'WEL- , Ltkitoi.4 has sent, i at the Marquis of ROMAN A'S re quest, are expected. LissoN, Seer. 12.—Eight months have elapsed since the French passed the Sierra Morena, and pe netrated to the extremity of Andalusia, and during all this time they have achieved nothing, notwith standing their numerous force:. Tins proposition DO one can deny. The army of Spain, called , the central force, was reduced to 6000 men, the Duke of Albequerque entered Cadiz with abort 8 or 10,000 men.• The army of the left was 'disorganiz ed, and including the reserve of Gallicia, might amount to 16 or 18,000 nten. In Catalonia, and in Valencia, there were certainly some combatants, but befote the appointment of O'Donnell there were few regular troops. - Such %vele then the re sources of defence ; what are they. now .? • The following is a statement,- without exaggera tion, troops regular and disciplined: The. etkc tive army of the centre is composed of 15,000 at least, that of the Marquis of Romana, not including the garrisons Of 'Estremadura, 20,000. In the Isle de Leon 20,000 men, besides the volunteers of Cadiz. In Gallicia, according to accounts printed the 22d of August, 23,312 men. We have not exact returns of the regular force in Catalonia and Valencia, but each of. these 81111 e, CeLDOI consist of less than 15,000 men, not•comprising in the calculation a rnultituda of mountaineers, sk►r mishiug parties, or regiments of militia, all which are more numerous in these provinces than in any others. The three divisions of Vilhicampa, Basse court, and Capons, asc..-.nd to 9000 men: We have nor included here the garrisons nor the detachments of Empicinado, Mina, and many other situations, nor the flying corps of Asturias, La Mancha, &c. From the whole it appears that the regular Spa nish force, at the end of January, was only about 40,000 men, and that at this time it amounts to 117,000., much superior in discipline, clothing, wea pons, and all the desiderata of war. Tire French.have many disadvantages in this con fha for the Empire of the Peninsula. Their armies are composed of numerous nations who have very ..-~ . . . , . different interests rrom their Commander. . Th e t, nual recruiting hitherto by ,France fbr the vear) ie - d been'ahout 100,000. men. He, perhaps, haS 3 r l _ . '' t . at the maximum of , his conscriptions., and a l'e l. :. o i vexing re'cruit . of 80,000" j -early will be wauteu I his pnrpOses in this ,rinarter. ader At the cummencement - of the contest, the i nv he had 400,000 men in Spain, whereas now af te r expiration of ,two years, his force does not 0 71 ) 200,000. Comparing 'the different details, b° French and Spanish, at the end of the year 18° , 9 0 ' the enemy was diminished by death 170, 0° ,7 4 - subs luent •to that period the redualion has ": 1 0- at least equal in proportion to the time. During' vie interval' the Spanish and Portuguese armies •"- trebled, and xhile the latter are progressively -5 Tenting, the formerare lessening from a carietyce. calks, and-especially from the want of subsia le , i p e d From all ' these facts, we think, we are en a nhe . safely to, draw_ this interesting conclusion ;'`. French ''willbe conquered; and driven from the P en ' . sula. EXTRACT coF 4 LETTER FROM LISBON, SEPTA l b ' de , " A most' atrocious conspiracy• has just been • , i ssy tccted on shore, the object of 'Which was to r e rate the Regency, the Magistracy, and all who oe,a suspected to be attached to the British interest 15, .the house of RATTON were, found 3000 uniformis corresponding with those of British regiments " 1)1 0 1 are now, or recently wire in Lisbon, and an e t. 3, ;lumber of arms, chiefly side arms. 11:2 Conn i e tors were to,perpetrate their horrid purpose In Ic clothes theyhad provided; in order tb hx the go' upon the English, and to excite the popular II: gear , ce . against them. ,On accomplishing thei r o t be ject , in the capital, expresses were to. be svnt t ° l , 6 army, and to the principal towns, announcing 1 . 11 , assassination, in the hope of instigating the Pn it . o l guese throughout the country to:the perpetration similar atrocities. The Anglo-Portuguese so ) d ier t ) i; it was expected by the conspirators; would ins ta `' o . murder their Otlicer.i, and attack Lord,AVE" II4 4 . TON S . army, and that MASSENA, ger to the plot, would assist in completing th e cal, nage. The whole plan of. operations has, how°, 4 ben providentially discovered, .and the pri ncir• conspirators arrested." who was no'str-q, • • boo , The following extra& of a letter faun Ds f contains a more precise account of the positi Otis is the two armies. The letter from .which it made is one.of the latest that has been received Ir°' Lisbon : " Ltsnotg,- SEPT. has oCcUrr ed oloUgh every thing proves we tray hourly exre6ria friar of a battle. The ar.-ny is m high spirits, ,1.116 really desirous to bring ihe,poiitt to an issue. - 1 "„3 English are at,Coimbra, the French at. Vista; al'a _both ,arrnies colleMed.. The Tonnant came ill °r, the 23d with the 50th regiment, and the 7ht j e ; rived yesterday, and more troops are on tne paog o The armies are very nigh. I have letters tru i , Oporto to Vie 23d. Sever.d vessels had\artked the': frotn England under convoy of the Undaunted . 0 " Our, head -quarters are at Lilion.3 de S 3l/ ,, EuphetniA. The French very close ; yet still 110 are of opinion that they may be obliged to r eti r e ) , They are, however; so strongly pasted, tha t t '. o , cannot be attacked ; it they retreat for want ,of 1 )1 visions, the havock will be dreadful.'; ac' We Shall probably be some days without aa) . ; ,e counts of the previous movements of the resP c ' . . e lt armies, The Duke of Marltorough packet, w i rot , sailed from the Tagus on the 23d ult. was 1.1 " 1 11 tunately at tacked by a French privateer oif Fain: ° o l harbour, on Monday; and the emend) , having an intention to board, the Mail was sunk. Th e „P e r %neer was beaten off, but the Mail was irre co " able. 'Exclusive of the ordinary contents, v",, 6 0 ,, derstand it contained dispatches from Lord is LANGTON to the 18th ult. The British arinY, • o e stated', has lately received reinforcetnews t o a re amount of 7,000 men. These, we presutoe, sr, indliendent '6f two regiments, the 50th and which landed at Lisbon on the 24th and 261 11 ' 11 ' The folloWing is an extra& of a private lett er • ,„ re' " LISBON', SEPT. '26.-Accounts have be e 4 1.0 ceived from the army of the 23d, and it Wits 'd 0 in high spirats. An engagethent was c onsidor e inevitable,' as both at mien were within si , „ht of cacti other. The British head-yiarters were at Co illP im and that of the French at Viseu, but the urito bv 7 l . l { , of both of them much nearer., The French colleaing all their fiirces and calling in lbot r , 3 (1 tacked parties. The Tonnunt arrived on ti je with reinforcements. The 50th and 71st 'li l a meats landed, and were sent bti - immediately' be position of the french is strong, and ,should fbeY bd compelled to retreat for want of provisions, Ices pursuit is very difficult. Should a battle take Pl a to) } tie sarnage will be dreadful. Our accounts it cif 0 ; :orto come to the 23d. The Militia have P s, head-quarters near, Lamego, ao. St. Joas de quira." NAVAL COURTS-MARTIAL..—On Wednesday dor two Courts-Martial Were held on board the Sak' o f del Mundo, in Hamonze, for the trials of t", i ' ° „ o , the warrant officers of the Talbot, Capt. the Hr —A. Josas.Members of the Court, R e ar-Ad, - Sir • T 'WILLIAMS; Captains' LINZEE, Sir 1.11311 , ° ; f 0, PoPnAm, Sir J. Woon, M`KeszrE, BROKE, DICK, WARREN, NASH, BATEMAN , KING.—Mr.. EASTLAKE, jun. Judge Advocate:d, Mr. William Skinner, the.carpenter, was first t rie fo r on charges of absenting , himself without lov e :I 48 .bouts, drunkenness, and of -having defraudeto, seaman of his money.—Capt..JUNES (the Fr ° l e i l i e tor) having closed the evidence in suppolt el vit , two first charges, acquainted the Court that th e i d, ness he had intended to call on the 3d had ab 11.° ed, in consequence of which he could offer r o e deuce upon it. The charge of drunkenness 31°1er was adjudged to be in part proved, and the pri sol sentenced to be severely reprimanded. • ,4 Mr. James Weir, the Gunner, was then t ri ( for having behaved with (krespect to his suPerrritle Officer, and for disobedience of orders• be charges were proved, and Mr. Weir sentence4loo, reprimanded, and mulcted of three mail" p is, cha rade prisoners called on Capt. JONES for cha ra but offered. nothing in defence. ,~ ~~\ ,~ t tr ca d he thr th,